I am the first guy to give props to an original idea, even this one, which is pushing the cross-disciple thing to the edge. Seton Hall law prof. Frank Pasquale argues in the most recent issue of The Yale Journal of Law & Technology that the environmental economics’ methods used for valuing natural resources should be applied to valuing copyrighted works.
Frank Pasquale, Toward An Ecology Of Intellectual Property: Lessons From Environmental Economics For Valuing Copyright’s Commons, 8 YALE J. L. & TECH. 78 (2006). Worth a read, if just to see something completely new.
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thanks for highlighting my piece! If you find the valuation angle interesting, you might also like this piece in today’s NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/business/media/28cast.html?ei=5090&en=66b8f9ce879c8df3&ex=1314417600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1156778584-ZkWqVs46RRUtIOR+jGzAXQ&pagewanted=print
on how much value stars add to movies.